A narrated slideshow might not seem like the most enjoyable way to spend your time, but this lecture is actually quite interesting. It runs through the highlights of open source software development with a focus on the evolution from one project to the next. It also gets into the reasons why software was developed–what problem it was designed to solved and why the open source route was taken.

The audio track isn’t great, but turn up the volume and stick with it- you might learn a thing or two. If nothing else, it’s a good time to brush up on the terms we hear all the time, like GNU and GPL, as well as the personalities involved.